11-3 Flashcards
This is a lifestyle that involves following a food source from place to place.
nomadic
These are subdivided Plains Native groups that usually had up to 500 people.
bands
What determined Native American assignments?
Gender. Women usually had domestic tasks like caring for children, cooking, etc., while men had manual tasks like hunting, trading, etc.
What happened in the Dakota Sioux uprising?
The Dakota tribe agreed to live on a small reservation for annuities that ended up being delayed, causing an uprising that lead to hundreds of settler casualties.
What happened in Fetterman’s Massacre?
Red Cloud’s forces defeated an entire army detachment with the help of Crazy Horse luring the army in under false pretenses.
These are payments made by the federal government to reservation dwellers.
annuities
What happened at the Sand Creek Massacre?
Chief Black Kettle and several hundred Cheyenne wanted to negotiate peace and approached the army with a white flag, but ended up getting attacked regardless.
What was the Indian Peace Commission?
It was a proposition that would create two large reservations on the plains; one for the Sioux tribe and the other for the southern Plains Indians.
Why did the Indian Peace Commission fail?
corruption
Who all helped to eliminate the buffalo?
migrants, pro buffalo hunters, sharpshooters from railroad companies, and sport hunters
What happened at the battle of Little Bighorn?
The 7th Calvary was divided along the Little Bighorn River, but was stopped and killed by Natives.
This was the battle the US got revenge for Little Bighorn.
Wounded Knee
What happened at Wounded Knee?
A deadly battle broke out following the Lakota tribe’s Ghost Dance ceremony.
This is a Lakota ritual that celebrated a day of reckoning, when settlers would disappear and buffalo would return.
Ghost Dance
This is when a foreigner to the US is absorbed into American society.
assimilation
